GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| lampoon | satire |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |